Remembering Valerie Sheppard, co-founder of NoSpray Coalition

VALERIE SHEPPARD August 24 1953 – July 16, 2004 Valerie was a founding member of the No Spray Coalition — that’s how I first met … Read more

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How Essential Oils Keep Mosquitoes Away in a Non-Toxic, Natural Way | Alternative to Harmful Pesticides

Via GreenMedInfo, some great information on Essential Oils as a way to keep mosquitoes away in a non-toxic, natural manner: Essential Oils Proven to Send … Read more

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Fact Sheet on NALED Insecticide Being Sprayed for Zika

NALED Insecticide Fact Sheet [Original page on this site can be found here – go there to see many comments.] Naled is an insecticide in … Read more

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Dr. Jeffrey Dach: Is it Zika Virus or Glyphosate Exposure?

Is It Zika Virus or Glyphosate Exposure ? by Jeffrey Dach MD The news media has been reporting the Zika virus as the cause of … Read more

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From Dr. Mercola: Zika: Brazil Admits It’s Not the Virus

Zika: Brazil Admits It’s Not the Virus, August 16, 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Amidst growing fear-based propaganda warning of the threat of Zika virus … Read more

Map West Nile Zika Pesticide Spraying August 2016 NYC

Site: New York City sprays the Dominicans and Puerto Ricans for “Zika prevention” and West Nile virus

From the War Against All Puerto Ricans site, New York City sprays the Dominicans and Puerto Ricans for “Zika prevention: At 3:20 a.m. on August … Read more

GOATS IN BROOKLYN’S PROSPECT PARK – ALTERNATIVE TO HERBICIDES!

PHOTO BY JULIE LARSEN MAHER Not kidding around: Prospect Park-goers can watch these goats gobble up invasive species in Brooklyn’s backyard until October. Enabling goats … Read more

Anti-Pesticides Activists Release Interactive Map Showing Where New York City Sprays Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing “RoundUp” | Action February 16th at Parks Department HQ

Anti-Pesticides Activists Release Interactive Map Showing Where New York City Sprays Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing “RoundUp” Action TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2016 2:30 P.M. Stop Shopping Choir and … Read more

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Stop the Poisoning of New York City Parks [Petition Against Glyphosate/Roundup]

A new petition has been started to get glyphosate, known commercially as Roundup, out of New York City Parks by NYC-based The Black Institute. Despite … Read more

Sign the Petition: Stop Spraying toxic pesticides! Decrease cancer and asthma rates and save the pollinators!!

To sign the petition, CLICK HERE We, the undersigned, sincerely request an end to the use of harmful pesticides, Anvil 10+10 and Dibrum. These are … Read more

In the News: Fighting West Nile Virus Shouldn’t Mean Poisoning People (Newsweek)

From this week’s Newsweek: Fighting West Nile Virus Shouldn’t Mean Poisoning People by Kristin Wartman On September 21, at around 9 p.m., Keegan Stephan was … Read more

NY City to spray toxic pesticides over Brooklyn & Queens again, tonight. Is the spraying under Mayor de Blasio worse than under Bloomberg?

Tonight (Monday, September 21, 2015), the City will be spraying (from trucks) the pyrethroid pesticide Anvil 10+10 in the Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, … Read more

Children’s Picnic Area in Central Park to be Sprayed with Toxic Pesticides [Update: Planned Large Picnic Cancelled]

Where in the world is Mayor Bill de Blasio? On Wednesday night, Sept. 9th 2015, New York City’s Central Park will be sprayed with the … Read more

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Toxic Pesticide Spraying to Hit Three NYC Boroughs Plus Central Park: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island Wed. September 9th

If you have followed NYC spray program over the last 16 years, you know that typically one borough is sprayed at a time. But on … Read more

Truck Spraying Pesticides down NYC Streets

Watch: How NYC Sprays Neighborhoods by Truck with Pesticides – You Won’t Believe It

It is hard to believe this dangerous pesticide spray program is still being conducted in New York City after more than 16 years. Although there … Read more

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California EPA Plans to Label Monsanto’s Roundup As “Known to Cause Cancer”

News this week via East Bay Express — The California Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it plans to label glyphosate — the most widely … Read more

Ready for the “Round-up”? Saying “No” to Glyphosate in New York City’s Parks

When will the City re-examine and change its methods when it comes to its creation of environmental and health chaos? On August 24, 2015, Reverend … Read more

Spray Truck Spews Pesticides in Brooklyn

16 Years of Toxic Pesticide Spraying Across NYC: When will it end?

For the eighth time this summer, New York City government is spraying toxic pesticides, this time in Brooklyn Wednesday night, August 19th. It is one … Read more

Stop NYC’s New Round of Pesticide Spraying, Now

August 11, 2015 — The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOH) renews its annual pesticide-spraying assault on the people of New York … Read more